Jim's book blog

As an ambitious and ongoing project, I\'m planning to read/re-read the novel series based on Star Trek: The Next Generation. There are over 100 so I expect this to take some time, and don\'t know if there are any rules I plan to break along the way - but for now the entire series in publication order.I\'ve begun with the novelization of the pilot episode Encounter at Farpoint, written by David Ge... (read more)

2012 is just around the corner, and I've decided that I want to read 12 new novels by 12 new authors throughout the year - hopefully one per month, though possible adjusted to avoid November because of NaNoWriMo.I'm about to put out a call on my twitter account for suggestions, and I'll repeat that here and list some of my caveats.The key thing is that they must be books by authors I've not read b... (read more)

Depicted above are four covers for Lee Child's ninth Jack Reacher novel, One Shot, which sees the hero investigating when a sniper shoots five civilians from a car park.The top right image is the current UK paperback cover, the bottom right the US cover, the bottom left is the original UK cover, and the top left... well, I'm not entirely sure, but I'm assuming it's a new US cover, as it seems domi... (read more)